So after the spectacular "success" of that proposal, everyone at the river camp decides to start copying the whole hiding underwater thing. Master Shonen comes to apologize to Kurosawa, and their "snorkeling" provides a perfect segue into a talk about the other elemental conductions that the sect performs. Kurosawa calls them all pointless and dumb, and finally Master Shonen cuts to the chase and explains that he has a request of Kurosawa... What it is, we don't know, because this chapter is another filler chapter as far as I'm concerned.

Anyone who has read my rants of these recent chapters can easily tell that I'm not thrilled with this arc. All the other arcs have been fine though, so I'm hoping that future arcs are better. Either way, I'm sticking with this to the bitter end, so there's no need to worry.

My favorite so far have probably been the Kojiemon arc and the Guevara arc. I also liked a the early arcs, like the Kawatou arc and the Boss blackmail arc. These arcs had a lot of the emotional drama and introspection that I enjoyed from the original series. The Kojiemon and Guevara arcs stood out to me in particular because Kojiemon's development as a character was surprisingly refreshing.

This current arc and the previous arc have focused a lot more on the comedy, which is a vital part of the series, but they're missing the drama which I think is equally important.